Pico Rivera has no hosted-versus-unhosted STR rule because there is no STR ordinance. Neither hosted nor unhosted short-term rentals are a permitted residential use in the city.
Pico Rivera does not distinguish between hosted (host-present) and unhosted (host-absent) short-term rentals because it has adopted no STR ordinance to draw that line. Some cities permit only hosted home-sharing, but Pico Rivera's Zoning Code has no home-sharing or short-term rental use classification. The only related residential business rule, the home occupation permit (Municipal Code Chapter 18.22.120), expressly bars on-premises sales and restricts on-site client contact, and it is intended for incidental business use, not for lodging paying transient guests. As a result, neither an owner-present nor an owner-absent short-term rental is authorized, and no host-presence condition can make an STR legal.
Operating any short-term rental, hosted or unhosted, is an unpermitted zoning use subject to enforcement; using a home occupation permit to host paying overnight guests violates Chapter 18.22.120.
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